Conductor support



March 4, 1930. M. w. COOKE CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Filed Fgb. 18, 1929 u I l a 6 1 n fl f w 12 M m j. W Q MN M v 6? w u ,gmaz. J In 0 .IL m f Inventor Mum! I/ll' 000/55 Attorney Patented Mar. 4, 1930 MILTON w. COOKE, or. PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR-TO THE 01:10 BRASS.

STATES 'PATENT OFFICE company, or MANSFIELD, orrro,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY oonDUe oR SUPPORT Application fi1ed1ebrnaryl8, 1929. Serial No. 346,706.

invention relates to a conductor'support and particularly a support for suspending a trolley wireifroman overhead'construc- 'tion.

' -The objectof thisinvention is to provide a device of increased lifeover present devices on the fmarket and this isaccomplished through the construction used which permits 7 thev use of very high grade materials for that part which contacts with a moving current collector andissubjected to friction and are- Another object isto provide'for the renewa'l of the portion which is subjected to its wear, leaving the balance of the device undisturbed during such renewal.

, I I Another object of the device is to provide means not only for supporting the. trolle wire "but to grip the same with respect to the device. v

i The invention resldes 1n the new and novel I construction, arrangement and combination ofthe various parts hereinafter disclosed and shown in-the drawing;

; I In the' drawing Fig. 1 is a side view elevation of the -"'invention with a trolley wire in position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged'end viewof Fig. 1.

Fig.- 3 is an enlarged end view of Fig. 1 before the parts have been drawn and folded into finalengagement with the trolley wire.

Fig.4 isa side view in elevation of the sup? porting portion or member.

' Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged views of Fig. 4 on the lines 55 and 6 6 respectively. p

' vFig. 7 isa plan View of the wearing 1111-.

. fformedportion. and which Ihereinafter term a sleeve.

Fig. '8 is a :sideview inelevation of a por- 7 tion'of Fig. 7 after being formed. j Fig.9. is an enlarged endview ofFig. 8.

Q; .The preferred embodiment of this invention comprises a supporting member 1 pro vided with an internally threaded boss 2, a longitudinally extendingportion 3 provided in itslower' edge with a groove 4: toreceive' the trolley wire and web portions15 uniting 'the bossf2 and longitudinal member 3 in a lement 1.

secure and permanent relation and unitary 1 1 The sleeve portionfi is formed up of sheet material such as copper, either hard drawn .ness of a cast sleeve, the life of the hereinproposed material is very much greater than thatof the cast sleeve.

The sleeve 6 isfirst stamped out of sheet material to a form ofthat shown in Fig. 7

y and comprises the holding portions 7 with v the holes 8 and the neck portion 9.; Project ing from the holding portions 7 are portions 9 and 10. I

The portion Gasshownin Fig. 7 is formed up into a .U-shaped member, as shown in Figs. 8 and9 so as to receive the supporting member 1. The portions9" -and 10 are adapted to fold around the projecting ends 11 oi the longitudinal member 3 and around the trolley wire'12 respectively, and in order to facilitate such bending operation member 6 is provided with the notches 13 and 14.

In using this invention the'member l is first applied toan overhead support such as atrolleyjwire hanger through the medium of the threaded boss 2. The trolley wire, which has previously been strung in place, is positioned within the sleeve, which in turn is then positioned, upon the member 1 and held in such position by means of the screw 15 and nut'16, passing the screw 15 through the holes- 8 in the sleeve 6 and corresponding holes 17 in the member l'.

The operation thus] far is sufficient to hold the parts in relation to each other but the trolley wire is not as yet gripped into posi tion and to bring this about through the drawing up of the screws and nuts 1516, the web portions 5 are made much narrower than the longitudinal portion 3 thereby forming shoulders 18 around whichthe metal of the sleeve 6 is drawn, thereby'drawing the portion of the sleeve-6 contacting with the trolley wire 12 upwardly and drawing the trolley wire into engagement with the longitudinal member 3. This drawing action will member 1 and the lip portions 10 are peened over into engagement with the trolley wire The portion 19 of the member 1 iinmediately adjacenttheboss 2 is considerably thicker than theweb portions 5 as will be apparent from Fig.3,and this will permit'the {outer surface of the portions 7 of the sleeve to be practically flush with the surface of 7 the portion l9' when the portions 7 are drawn the portion 19 is of reduced cross section and 3 when the neck portion 9 is in position, it fills-- into contact withthe side'faces of the webs 5. Also, the portion 3 immediately below out the dilference in the thickness ofthese parts and presents substantially no interfer-.

" ence with the passage ofthe current con- U-shape. Y

The member l'inay be of a ferrousjor non- V i barinto close engagement 1 e. r

troller at this point. v p I I After the member Ghas been formed as in Fig. 8, the extreme ends of the member 6 are reduced to a knife edge condition as Hl(l1-- cated at 20 in order to present a smooth passage for the current collector in passing from the trolley to the sleeve and vice. versa. Tapering the ends of the sleeve 6 is'preferably done after the member 6 has been formed to a ferrous metal, either cast or forged.

It will be evident to. those skilled in the art that the memberfi, which. is subject to wear, will have a greater life than a cast member of'the same thickness due. to the superior quality of a drawn or rolled material of cast material for this particular service, and it will also be evident that the trolley wire can be gripped rigidly in position and held there not only through the gripping of the screws. and nuts 15- 16, but also through the grip- V ping of the tubular end portion formed by the lips 10. v v

In renewing the wearable portion 6, it is not necessary to disturbftheportion 1. 7

- The screws and. nuts 15-16 will befound to remain tight due. to thefact that-the nut itself cannot rotate (see Fig. 2), and the screw is kept from turning through the spring action, as it Were, of the member 6.

r The projecting portion 11 maybe omitted if desired and with it the portion 9 of the sleeve, and the portion 10 would then join or onto the portion 7 and be formed about the trolley wire as already explained. This gives the support spring or yielding ends.

The herein disclosed. invention is claimed as follows:

I 1. A conductor support comprisinga sup port member having means" for attachment to structure and a longitudinallydisposed surface thereon for engagement with a con-e ductor, a U-shaped sleeve to contact with the opposite side of the conductor from the said surface and transversely disposedmeans to engage oppos tely disposed portions of the sleeve anddraw such portions towards each 7 other and simultaneously draw the support member and sleeve towardseach other to grip the conductor and to secure the supportand sleeve together. i

2. A conductor support, comprising asupport member having means for attachment to astructure and a longitudinallydisposed surface, thereon for engagement with 1 a' conductor, a U-shaped sleeve to contact with the I opposite side of the conductor from the said 7 surface and a plurality, ofmeans spaced' along the support member oneach side of the r attachment ineansto draw the supportinemoppositely extending upstanding ribs v, secur: ing the said means and bar together, .aU shaped sleeve mounted to's'upport the conductor and move the conductor into engage-' ment with the surface on thebar and adjustable means extending through the sleeve and,

ribs to secure and maintain the said parts toompr sing a sup-l gether and draw thev sleeve, conductor and i a supporting structure; and alongitudinally disposed bar provided with a surface toiconl I tact with" the conductor, oppositely extending ribs from the said boss and upstanding).

with respectto the bar jan d of lessfthickness than that of the bar to provide shoulders on opposite sidesof the ribs, a' U-shaped sleeve to support the conductor in contact with the,

,said surface on the barand means to draw i the sides "of, the sleeve towards theribs and' over the said shoulders to move the bight of 'the sleeve towards the bar :to grip the 7 conduct0r.- l

5. A conductor support comprising a port member having a support boss, 1611 gitudinally disposed bar having a conductor engaging surface, ribs extending in opposite directions from the'bossfand' secured to the bar but of less length than the bar, U-shapedsleeve to support the conductor and having ribs and U-shapedf extensions from the said a portion disposed at the sidesof the ribs, f; means for securing the said portionsito the free ends thereof bent over the projecting I portion of the bar.

' 6. A conductorsupport'comprising a support member, having a supporting boss, ribs extending in opposite directions from the boss, a bar supported by the boss and ribs I and extending beyond the extreme ends of the ribs and'having a conductor engaging" surface, a U-shaped sleeve to enclose the bar andsupport the conductor and having portions disposed at the sides of the ribs and iother U-shaped portions to engage and be 7 folded over the extending parts of the bar and other U-shapedportions to be folded 15 about the conductor beyond the ends of the bar and means to secure the sleeve in position 4 on the support.

' 7,. "A conductorsupport comprising a sup- 7 d sporting member provided with a boss,-ribs extending from the boss in opposite direcr tionsand a bar portion supported by the boss'and ribs andhaving a conductor engag- 'ing surface, a'U-shaped sleeve to enclose the V bar and support the conductor relative to the r 25 supporting member and having U-shaped projecting "portions; extending beyond the endsofthe supporting member and arranged port comprising a U-shaped member formed 35 posed sides and registering, holes through,

to fold-over the upper surface of the conductor extending beyond the supporting memberland means to secure the sleeve and supporting member together.

8, A sleeve member for a conductor slipup from a single sheetof non-ferrous metal and having a portion with oppositely disthe sides adjacent the free ends'thereof, a shallow U-shaped portion connecting the first said portion, other U-shaped portions proje'cting from the first portions and in line therewith but of less depth than the said first portions and adopted to have their free ends d 1 folded inwardly to form tubular portions.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature. W. GOOKE. 

